I'LL BE BACK WITH A LOOK AT WEATHER AND THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK IN MINUTES. THANK YOU, TOM. JURY SELECTION IS UNDERWAY IN THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL. BUT WHO WILL FILL THE SEATS IN THAT COURTROOM? THAT QUESTION COULD TAKE UP TO TWO WEEKS TO ANSWER. THANKS, GAARD. I'M OUT HERE IN FRONT OF THE SEMINOLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE TRAYVON MARTIN WAS KILLED AND SO WE HAVE FINALLY COME TO THE FIRST DAY OF JURY SELECTION IN A LONG-AWAITED TRIAL. AND THE FIRST DAY WAS SLOW GOING. WE DID NOT EVEN SEE A POSSIBLE JUROR TAKE THE STAND UNTIL 2:30 THIS AFTERNOON. AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, LOOKING LIVE AT THE COURTROOM, THEY'RE STILL IN THERE IN A SIDEBAR ON ONLY THE FOURTH POSSIBLE JUROR TO TAKE THE STAND AND ANSWER QUESTIONS TODAY. THE BREAKDOWN SO FAR, WE KNOW 500 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUMMONED FOR JURY DUTY. TODAY, OUT OF THAT, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY'LL ONLY PICK SIX JURORS AND 4 ALTERNATES. THEY HAD 100 JURORS CALLED IN TO A ROOM TODAY. THEY WENT THERE TO ANSWER A QUESTIONNAIRE. WE BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THEM WERE WEEDED OUT BECAUSE OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE. THOSE WHO WERE NOT, WERE THEN BROUGHT IN ONE BY ONE INTO THE COURTROOM FOR QUESTIONING BY BOTH THE PROSECUTION AND THE DEFENSE. MIKE DeFOREST IS JOINING US LIVE NOW. SOME OF THE PEOPLE ARE WEEDED OUT. THE VOIR DIRE IS ABOUT A HARDSHIP, WHETHER YOU CAN SERVE IN A TRIAL THAT LASTS SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AND ABOUT PUBLICITY. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE JURORS CAN ENDURE THE 4 TO 6-WEEK TRIAL. MOST OF THEM CENTERED AROUND THE PUBLICITY. THE ATTORNEYS WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY KNEW AND WHAT PRE-CONCEPTIONS THEY BROUGHT TO THE TRIAL. THE ONE QUESTION WOULD BE CAN YOU BE FAIR AND IMPARTIAL. AS JURY SELECTION GETS UNDERWAY IN GEORGE ZIMMERMAN'S MURDER TRIAL, THE ATTORNEYS ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW MANY PROSPECTIVE JURORS KNOW ABOUT THE DEATH OF TRAYVON MARTIN. ONE JUROR CLAIMS SHE DOESN'T WATCH MUCH NEWS. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE CASE. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO HE WAS UNTIL WHEN THEY CAME IN. SHORTLY AFTER THE PROSPECTIVE JURORS FILED INTO THE SEMINOLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE THIS MORNING WITH JURY SUMMONS' IN HAND, THE FAMILY OF TRAYVON MARTIN ADDRESSED THE PUBLIC. WE ASK THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO STAY PEACEFUL AS WE PLACE OUR TRUST IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. AS A FAMILY, WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT IN THE OUTCOME OF THE CASE AND VERY CONFIDENT THE STATE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET ITS BURDEN. OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, POLICE CANINE SEARCHED FOR DANGERS AS DEMONSTRATORS BEGAN TO ASSEMBLE IN TWO ZONES SET ATIED FOR FREE SPEECH. NOW, SO FAR TODAY, SINCE ABOUT 2:30, THE ATTORNEYS HAVE ONLY QUESTIONED ABOUT FOUR PROSPECTIVE JURORS. WHAT THE JUDGE HOPES TO DO, THESE WERE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS BY THE WAY, THE JURORS ON THE STAND WERE NOT SHOWING THEIR NAMES OR FACES, TO PROTECT THEIR IDENTITIES AT THIS POINT. BUT THE JUDGES -- THE ATTORNEYS ARE QUESTIONING THEM ONE-ON-ONE AND WHAT THE JUDGE HOPES TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH JURORS WHO ARE BASICALLY STILL IN THE GAME ON THIS THAT THEY CAN GET A GROUP OF 21. THE REASON THEY'VE GOT 21 SEATS IN THE COURTROOM, SO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THOSE PROSPECTIVE JURORS TOGETHER AND THEY'LL BEGIN THE GROUP QUESTIONING IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL JURY SELECTION PROCESS, WHEN WE ALSO BELIEVE THE ATTORNEYS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO USE THEIR PRE-EVERYONE -- PREEMPTIVE STRIKES TO THROW PEOPLE OFF THE JURY SELECTION. HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO TAKE? WE DON'T KNOW. THE ATTORNEYS ARE SUGGESTING ONE TO TWO WEEKS. THERE'S ANOTHER 100-PLUS WAITING TO SHOW UP IN COURT TOMORROW AND ANOTHER TWO OR THREE AFTER THAT. THE NUMBERS ARE COMING IN THE FRONT DOOR BUT IT'S A SLOW PROCESS NARROWING DOWN. JUDGE DEBRA NELSON IS ANXIOUS TO MOVE THIS ALONG. THE SIDEBAR ITSELF HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 40 MINUTES OR SO. YOU CAN SEE HOW SLOWLY SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF THIS VOIR DIRE TAKE JUST TO GET TO THE FAIR QUESTIONS TO EACH OF THE JURORS. RIGHT INSIDE THE COURTROOM RIGHT NOW WATCHING EVERY ASPECT OF THE TRIAL IS TONY PIPITONE. HE HAS BEEN LIVE CHATTING WITH YOU AT HOME AS YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE TRIAL ON LOCAL 6 COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE WANTED TO BRING UP A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP INSIDE A CHAT BOX, WONDERING WHY THEY'RE ONLY SEATING SIX JURORS. I THOUGHT THEY USE NINE OR 12. TONY SAYS ONLY FIRST-DEGREE MURDER DEFENDANTS GET 12 JURORS. SO WE GET SIX, PLUS FOUR ALTERNATES. AND ONE ASKS WHETHER MARK O'MARA MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WILL TESTIFY AT TRIAL. AND TONY REPLIED THE FOLLOWING. NOTHING SAYING SHE WILL OR IS LIKELY TO, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS THAT CHANCE. TONY HAS A BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE AFTER COVERING CASEY ANTHONY AND DOZENS AND DOZENS OF TRIALS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW AND CHAT TONY, YOU CAN FIND HIM ON CLICKORLANDO.COM. YOU'LL SEE THE CHAT BOX RIGHT ON THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE IN THE RED BAR. IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. LET'S BRING IN OUR LEGAL ANALYST RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE SEEN FOUR PEOPLE SO FAR. WE'VE HAD THREE WHITE, ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THREE WOMEN, ONE MAN. ANYBODY SO FAR YOU'VE SEEN SPEAKS TROUBLE FOR EITHER SIDE. I THINK THE FEMALE ON THERE EARLIER, SHE SAID SHE HAD CHILDREN WHO WERE AROUND THE AGE OF TRAYVON MARTIN AND I THINK THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FOR THE DEFENSE. BECAUSE THAT MOTHER MAY ACTUALLY SYMPATHIZE WITH THE MARTIN FAMILY IN THIS CASE AND WHAT A DEFENSE ATTORNEY WANTS TO AVOID IS HAVING A PROSPECTIVE JUROR SYMPATHIZING WITH THE VICTIM. WE'VE SEEN THAT IN OTHER CASES, WHERE PEOPLE ARE SYMPATHIZING WITH THE VICTIM AND THEIR AGES. THE QUESTION, THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ASKED TODAY ARE SO IMPORTANT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE 65-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO TESTIFIED. HERE'S WHAT HE SAID WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT LITTLE KNOWLEDGE HE HAD OF THE CASE. I REMEMBER -- I BELIEVE THAT HE -- THAT TRAYVON MARTIN WAS UP HERE SPENDING SOME TIME WITH HIS DAD AND HE WAS OUT WALKING ONE NIGHT AND THE DEFENDANT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIM SOMEHOW AND THERE WAS A SCUFFLE AND A GUN WENT OFF. AND THERE YOU HAVE IT. THAT DESCRIPTION OF THE CASE, YOU THOUGHT AT FIRST SOUNDED MORE LIKE DEFENSE TALK. RIGHT. BUT UPON BEING PRESSED FURTHER BY MARK O'MARA, HE MADE OTHER STATEMENTS THAT MADE HIM SEEM MORE PROSECUTION-ORIENTED. THESE ARE THE POTENTIAL LAND MINES A DEFENSE ATTORNEY FACES THAT WHEN PRESSED, THEY GIVE MORE INFORMATION WHICH MAKES THEM NOT A GOOD JUROR FOR YOUR SIDE. HE STARTED OFF SAYING HE DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE CASE BUT BY THE TIME HE WAS DONE QUESTIONING, HE KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE ACTUAL HEARING THAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST 48 HOURS. HE KNOWS A LOT MORE THAN HE'S SAYING AT FIRST. YES, YES. THAT'S THE THING. IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROCESS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE BEING REPETITIVE OR ASKING THE SAME QUESTION BUT WHEN THEY ASKED THE PROSPECTIVE JUROR A QUESTION, THEY DIDN'T A DIFFERENT ANSWER. WE ARE JUST LISTENING AS THEY'RE FINALLY DONE WITH THE SIDEBAR AND COMING BACK TO THE TABLE. WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS CASE AND THE BEST PLACE TO FOLLOW IT IS TO DOWNLOAD THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN APP, WHAT I'VE BEEN USING ALL DAY. GO TO YOUR APP STORE, PUT IN WKMG, AND YOU CAN THERE WATCH THE TRIAL LIVE AND GET TONY PIPITONE'S LIVE TWEETS AND ALL OF THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW TO GET FULL COVERAGE OF THIS CASE. AND I HAVE TO SAY, WE'RE JUST NOW SCRAPING THE SURFACE OF THE STORY BECAUSE WHAT IS GOING ON OUT HERE TODAY IS A LOT OF CHAOS, A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF COMMOTION. IT WILL CERTAINLY AFFECT THE TOWN OF SANFORD. LOUIS BOLDEN HAS THAT COMING UP IN THE NEXT BLOCK. A LOT GOING ON AND IT'S JUST

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